SF lose another council seat

THE growing internal crisis within Sinn Féin resurfaced at the weekend with the resignation of another Dublin city councillor.

Louise Minihan’s resignation is the fourth by a Sinn Féin councillor in recent weeks, among them its longest-serving southern representative, Dublin councillor Christy Burke. All have stated “policy differences” as their reason for leaving the party.

It is believed Ms Minihan, a 28-year-old south city representative, intends joining the militant republican group, Éirigí, which broke away from Sinn Féin in 2006. She would become the organisation’s first elected representative.